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FLANATICUS SINUS

FLANATICUSSINUS (Plin. Nat. 3.19), or FLANONICUS (Φλανωνικὸςκόλπος,Steph. B. sub voce the gulf on the N.W. coast of Liburnia, which derived its name from a people called the FLANATES (Plin. Nat. 3.21).
There was a town called FLANONA (Plin. l.c.;Ptol. 2.16.2, Fianona), between Alvona and Tarsatica.
It is now called Canal del Quarnéro, well known for its dangerous navigation. (Wilkinson, Dalmatia and Montenegro, vol. i. p. 48; Neigebaur, Die Süd-Slaven, p. 249.)